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Beaver Creek Lanes is a pre-War bowling alley and once popular landmark on Mount Desert Island, in the remains of Bar Harbor, Maine in 2287.
Background
Vandalism and The Striker
This derelict bowling emporium was once a popular attraction in Bar Harbor, regularly hosting bowling competitions with Thomas Davis the reigning champion. More importantly, however, a member of the staff had to deal the with consistent vandalism of the Vim machines on their property. Despite constant vigilance they were unsuccessful at catching the culprit, however he did learn from Jan that the Bar Harbor Museum was also experiencing the same vandalism.[1]
Despite the recent targeted vandalism the management loved their profession, they got to work with their friends with the game that they loved. After Thomas learned of his imminent deployment, his friend Mark Wilson accidentally revealed the going away party for him. He was flattered and helped with the party planning.[1]
After Thomas' deployment, he kept in touch with them, sending them postcards until suddenly stopping in April. His tour of duty was a short one, although harrowing and honorable. Davis' destroyer was sunk and he went MIA during the commotion until roughly mid-June; afterward he was given the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for bravery and an honorable discharge. The Navy waited to contact his parents until they know if he was going to survive his injuries. He did, but he received a spinal injury and the doctors said he would probably never walk, let alone bowl, again. Once his cousin Daisy received the news about him toward the end of June, she asked Mark to pass along the information.[2]
Throughout it all, this close-knit group of friends and family were there for one another, never wavering. When they heard of Thomas' condition, they took the news hard. In a late night talk, Mark and Matthew got to talking over shooting the balls back up the return and checking the machinery when they came up with an idea. Maybe they could help Thomas bowl that perfect game he was so close to. Thomas' arms still worked, so they came up with the idea of a sort of bowling gun built out of the ball return and a strong motor attached to a board.[3] Meanwhile Thomas would come up with his own solution, a negative handicap; to give everyone an equal footing and provide extra challenge for top level players.[4]
Their original idea would prove to be a colossal failure: it only achieved sanding off the edges of the balls, so they began to discuss the ideal with some of the old timers. Jacob brought up the idea that they should just get and modify one of the new Fat Man catapults. Determined, they followed this advice, they talked to a guy, who knew a guy that knows a guy... eventually they found one at an old surplus center out in the willywacks, and traded a couple tanks of gasoline for it. Illegally, but hey they're only gonna kill pins with it, so what the hell right?[5]
During the development (October 6), they forgot to reduce the tension springs and the first ball they launched flew straight through the wall of the office and stoved-in a table in the dining area, knocking Mr. Clark out of his chair, nearly killing him, but Matthew and Daisy were able to talk him out of suing after coming to an agreement of free games and half priced beers for life. Meanwhile an insurance adjuster had to be called in the next day and he also had to be convinced. Daisy would spread the word that if he asks anyone, to tell them that a ball return mechanism went haywire. The Striker was effectively complete though, despite having never managed to adjust the final firing speed.[6] In better news, they had gotten word that Thomas would be returning early in December and it was at this time that Mark and Daisy would work on building a temporary ramp for his wheelchair, util Matthew can get a permanent one installed.[6]
Shut down
However it was not long after this that the insurance adjuster and the structural engineer would conclude that the building was unsafe, but she wouldn't know if it could be repaired or if the whole building would have to come down until the debris cleared out. Matthew talked with the insurance company to see if there was any sort of emergency wages they could get for the employees but the company was fighting him pretty hard.[7]
With the alley closed, Matthew gathered up as much as he could out of their lockers and brought them and their final paychecks to the coffee shop at noon on October 20. He adding a little extra to their checks; he wished it could be more, but it was all he had until the insurance payed out.[7] Thomas, however would not make it home; on October 23, the rest of the management played their final set, all dying from the intense radiation that seeped inside the building.[8] Afterward, a landslide would partially bury the building and the weight from debris carried down would eventually crash through the ceiling.[9]
Layout
Exterior
The exterior consists of the building itself, its roof and the former parking lot where feral ghouls tend to crawl out from under wrecked cars or from the bus standing in the middle of the parking lot. In said bus, the Sole Survivor can also find an unlocked suitcase and a locked wooden crate.
The roof can easily be reached by climbing the landslide on the backside of the building. A glowing one and some feral ghouls can be found here, as well as a dead trapper which has some loot.
Interior
The interior consists of two floors.
First floor
Upon entering, there is a locked door straight ahead, the reception area with a terminal to the right, and the bowling lanes in the back. To the right of the lanes is a dining area. The dining area contains a kitchen with a locked safe in the floor, restrooms and a cooking station with a dead trapper, a duffle bag and an ammo box right near it. Near the restrooms is a chained door. To the left of the kitchen is a locked closet which holds another ammo box and a first aid box.
The locked door near the entrance, which can be bypassed by a hole in the wall on the leftmost bowling lane, leads to a tunnel which in turn leads to the backroom. After the backroom, there is a room with several lockers, stairs to the next floor and the chained door, which leads back to the dining area.
Second floor
Access to the second floor can be gained either through the stairs in the locker room or another set of stairs near the hole in the wall. The stairs in the locker room lead to a small office, which contains another terminal, a chemistry station, a weapons workbench, a door to the right and a Master-locked safe, which can be opened from the terminal.
The door on the right leads to a set of stairs and a large storage room. Through this room the landslide lead by a truck got into the building. On the other side of the storage room are stairs leading back into the tunnel on first floor.
Notable loot
- The Striker - Unique Fat Man can be found next to the modified bowling balls.
- Mark Wilson's holotape - Inside the terminal in the same room as The Striker.
- Modified bowling ball - Four can be found on the table around The Striker.
- Modified bowling ball schematic - Added by reading the That was close! terminal entry.
- Fusion core - Can be found in the back, near the re-stacking machines.
- Day Tripper - In the men's bathroom on the middle sink.
- Bowling pin - 38 pins can be found up on the lanes and 6 elsewhere.
- Vault-Tec lunchbox - Located to the left of the front desk terminal on the bottom shelf.
- Vim Quartz - Found inside a burned out car inside the parking lot.
Related quests
Notes
- The functioning jukebox in the dining area is flipped 180 degrees and is thus facing the wall.
- The terminal in the dining area states that the bowling alley closed due to structural damage, however several skeletons are found in seats which suggests the alley was open when the bombs fell.
Appearances
Beaver Creek Lanes appears only in the Fallout 4 add-on Far Harbor.
Behind the scenes
There is a terminal entry which lists the 2078 Far Harbor Bowling League standings. The team in third place is the Holy Rollers, Ned Flanders' bowling team on The Simpsons.
Bugs
To the southeast, there is a Red Rocket gas station that had been settled. It is possible to get stuck in the trailer with a bed in front of the door. Exiting is only possible by fast traveling to a nearby location or by using console command tcl.[verified]
Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beaver Creek Lanes terminal entries; Terminal, 12/8/2076 - Vim Machine being marked out of order?
- ↑ Beaver Creek Lanes terminal entries; Terminal, 7/02/2077 - Update on Thomas
- ↑ Mark Wilson's holotape
- ↑ Beaver Creek Lanes terminal entries; Terminal, Bar Harbor League Rules
- ↑ Beaver Creek Lanes terminal entries; Terminal, No luck with the ball return
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Beaver Creek Lanes terminal entries; Terminal, That was close!
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Beaver Creek Lanes terminal entries; Terminal, 10/19/2077 - Closed until further notice
- ↑ The multitude of skeletons lying were they were.
- ↑ This could only have happened as a result of the War, as the landslide continues into surrounding homes and partially burying vehicles on the nearby road.
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